Universität Tübingen

University of Tübingen

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Latin: Universitas Eberhardina Carolina
Motto	Attempto!
Motto in English	I dare!
Type	Public
Established	1477
Budget	€508.1 million (2015) incl. Medical Faculty
Rector	Bernd Engler
Administrative staff	~ 10,000 (including hospital staff)
Students	28,515 (WS2016/17)
Undergraduates	~ 21.800 (WS2016/17)
Postgraduates	~ 4.600 (WS2016/17)
Doctoral students	~ 2.000 (WS2016/17)
Location	Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Campus	Urban
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Affiliations	German Universities Excellence Initiative, MNU
Website	www.uni-tuebingen.de
The Neue Aula

The University of Tübingen (colloquially German: Tübingen), officially the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (German: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Latin: Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg. It is one of Germany's most famous and oldest universities, noted in medicine, natural sciences, and the humanities. In the area of German Studies it has been ranked first among all German universities for many years, and is known as a centre for the study of theology and religion.

The university is associated with some Nobel laureates, especially in the fields of medicine and chemistry.

The University of Tübingen was founded in 1477 by Count Eberhard V (Eberhard im Bart, 1445–1496), later the first Duke of Württemberg, a civic and ecclesiastic reformer who established the school after becoming absorbed in the Renaissance revival of learning during his travels to Italy. Its first rector was Johannes Nauclerus.

Its present name was conferred on it in 1769 by Duke Karl Eugen who appended his first name to that of the founder. The university later became the principal university of the kingdom of Württemberg. Today, it is one of nine state universities funded by the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg.